「Playing with that idiot is fun, but it just wastes time」
「As expected, tossing it in her underwear was a bit much, huh?」
Mische, who had been rubbing her thighs together desperately, suddenly shuddered all over… then went completely limp and stopped moving.
I left the cleanup to the maids. They carried her away reluctantly, like hauling trash.
Whatever. That type always bounces back on their own after a while.
「So this is fine?」
「Yes」
「”Argusta von Draguknight” and “Noie von Draguknight”. House name 『Draguknight』, right?」
「Yeah」
He flapped the submitted house name application paper at me.
「Meaning of the name?」
「Something that sounds like it could slay dragons」
「Noie’s wish?」
「Yes」
「…You’re totally head over heels」
Stop it. It’s true, so I won’t deny it.
「Honestly, I was worried you’d overthink it forever and never submit. This works for me」
「Really?」
「…The procedures are a pain. We have to remove your name from the family tree and make a new one」
「Ah～ Sorry for the trouble」
I know he’s not the one doing it, though.
No resistance to bowing my head when someone’s trying to make me feel indebted.
「No real rush on anything else… What now?」
「Staring contest with the paperwork mountain?」
「So serious. Is work that fun?」
「Whose work is it!? Hey!」
「If you’re a man, don’t sweat the small stuff」
Wait～ Why am I suddenly the petty one!?
He stared blankly at the ceiling, then slapped his knee with a smack.
「Alright, let’s go」
「Where?」
「I’ll kinda explain magic to you」
「…」
The 「kinda」 bothered me, but I’m actually interested.
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「Here we are」
「…」
「What’s wrong, Arg?」
「…」
We dismounted from the two-person horse and I sneaked off toward the bushes.
I’m never riding with this guy again. Urp… too much bouncing…
「What’s wrong? So sloppy. If you’re a man, you gotta handle wild women and wild horses. That’s the point」
「Exactly. Especially wild horses, they get going and don’t stop nicely. You keep getting bounced up and down and it feels so good… wait? Hey? Why are you all lifting me up? That’s the trash dump over there～!」
While I wiped my mouth, the heavily armored guys dealt with the idiot.
She’d revived and gotten ahead somehow… high performance in the most useless ways.
From the group of bulky armored people, a woman stepped forward.
She wore armor too, but light leather type.
「Halfren-sama. Can’t we do something about Mische?」
「Give up. Just keep training Lutte hard」
「She’s supposed to be my successor, right?」
「Work properly until your boyfriend graduates」
「Mou～」
The person chatting casually with my brother was a woman with golden hair reaching down her back.
She turned fully toward me with a swirl. More cute than beautiful.
「Long time no see, Argusta-sama. I think it’s been five years since we last met directly?」
「Hello. Long time no see」
「?」
Don’t give me that suspicious look～.
And why are you laughing over there!? You shitty aniki!
「Sorry, Frea. When he had that serious illness, the ceremonial magic used left him with memory problems」
「I see. My apologies」
「No, don’t worry about it」
A setting I don’t know about!
Memory problems? Kinda cool, actually?
I slipped over to my idiot aniki’s side while Frea was distracted.
I wanted to punch that smirking profile with everything I had.
「Before your wedding with Noie, you supposedly had a grave illness and hovered between life and death. The court mages used massive ceremonial magic to save you. All your weird behavior gets blamed on memory issues, so go ahead and embarrass yourself to the fullest」
Alright. Time to punch him.
He blocked it perfectly and countered with a solid hit.
「Frea? Where’s Noie?」
「Yes. She was eating a moment ago, but the second she spotted a dragon in the eastern sky, she dashed off」
Both my brother and Frea-san turned to me with utterly exasperated looks.
Eh? Eh? Why is everyone staring at me like that?
「Look, with your efforts, can’t you do something about Noie’s reflex to chase every dragon she sees?」
「It would really help if she could hold back just a little longer」
「…How about we pin our hopes on future growth?」
Ah～ Why such deep sighs!?
Noie’s obsession with dragons probably isn’t going away anytime soon.
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After that, we met Noie’s subordinates.
Every single one was a burly man in thick iron armor.
「They’re useful enough against humans, but against dragons they’re only good for carrying corpses」
「Give it back! My excitement!」
「Exactly. These guys are all on Frea’s side and always ignore me, let me finish～」
With practiced ease, the subordinates hauled the idiot away.
People like her really recover way too fast.
「By the way, your hi… Halfren-sama. Why are you visiting us today?」
Frea-san corrected herself because there are two 「highnesses」 here.
I forget it a lot, but technically I’m still a prince.
「Ah. This idiot even forgot about magic… and the only place near the capital where you can safely show magic is here, right?」
「Yes. But」
「Inside the capital, Noie can’t use magic on anything except dragons. If she did, those noble idiots would start complaining about who knows what」
「I’m technically the daughter of a greater noble, so that stings a little」
「I’m a lesser noble too～ Stop it! Just a bit more～」
Can’t we just use that idiot as dragon bait or something?
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